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                <p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">The </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Appearance</span><span class="f_BodyText"> section of the element context menu can contain the following options:</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="177" style="width:177px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Lock Element</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="517" style="width:517px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Lock the element so it can't be edited. To unlock the element, select </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Lock Element</span><span class="f_Tabletext"> again.</span></p>
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<td bgcolor="#f7f7ff" style="background-color:#f7f7ff;"><p class="p_TiporNoteText"><span class="f_TiporNoteText">This does not apply in the Corporate, Business and Software Engineering, Systems Engineering and Ultimate editions when security is enabled; in that situation, see the </span><span class="f_TiporNoteText" style="font-style: italic;"><a href="lockingmodelelements.htm">Lock model elements</a></span><span class="f_TiporNoteText"> topic</span><span class="f_Tabletext">.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="177" style="width:177px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Selectable<a name="select"></a></span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="517" style="width:517px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Toggle whether the element is selectable or not. If an element is selectable, you can move it around the diagram and perform right-click operations.</span></p>
<p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">If an element is unselectable, you cannot move it around the diagram and the only right-click operation available is to make the element selectable.</span></p>
<p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">This option has no effect on double-click operations on the element, such as displaying child diagrams or </span><span class="f_UIControl">Properties</span><span class="f_Tabletext"> dialogs.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="177" style="width:177px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Dockable<a name="dockable"></a></span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="517" style="width:517px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Align and join two elements either vertically or horizontally.</span></p>
<p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Both elements must have the </span><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Dockable</span><span class="f_Tabletext"> option selected, and must have the joining edges parallel. As the distance between the elements narrows, the moving element snaps to the edge of the other element. For <a href="partition.htm">Activity Partitions</a>, the option is selected by default.</span></p>
<p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Deselecting the </span><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Dockable</span><span class="f_Tabletext"> option does not separate the elements; if necessary, you can simply move the elements apart again.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="177" style="width:177px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Appearance</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="517" style="width:517px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Display the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Appearance</span><span class="f_Tabletext"> submenu; see the table below.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="177" style="width:177px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Z-Order</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="517" style="width:517px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Set the <a href="zorderelements.htm">Z-Order</a> of the element.</span></p>
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<td valign="bottom" width="952" bgcolor="#efeff7" style="width:952px; background-color:#efeff7;"><p class="p_TiporNote" style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none;"><span class="f_TiporNote">Note:</span></p>
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<td width="952" bgcolor="#f7f7ff" style="width:952px; background-color:#f7f7ff;"><p class="p_TiporNoteText"><span class="f_TiporNoteText">You can also change the appearance (and other aspects) of <a href="elementcontextmenu_multipl.htm">several selected elements at once</a>.</span></p>
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<p class="p_SubHeadingL1"><span class="f_SubHeadingL1">Appearance Sub-Menu</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="177" bgcolor="#e3e6ed" style="width:177px; background-color:#e3e6ed; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tableheader"><span class="f_Tableheader">Menu Option &amp; Function Keys</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="551" bgcolor="#e3e6ed" style="width:551px; background-color:#e3e6ed; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tableheader"><span class="f_Tableheader">Use to</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="177" style="width:177px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Default Appearance&nbsp; [F4]</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="551" style="width:551px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Override the </span><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-style: italic;">global</span><span class="f_Tabletext"> default appearance of all elements (which you set on the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Options</span><span class="f_Tabletext"> dialog, </span><span class="f_UIControl"><a href="standardcolors.htm">Standard Colors</a></span><span class="f_Tabletext"> page and </span><span class="f_UIControl"><a href="diagram_appearance.htm">Diagram Appearance</a></span><span class="f_Tabletext"> page) with a different <a href="configuredefaultappearance.htm">default for just the selected element</a> on all diagrams in which it is found. </span></p>
<p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">To change the appearance of the selected element on the </span><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-style: italic;">current diagram only</span><span class="f_Tabletext">, use the </span><span class="f_UIControl"><a href="formattoolbar.htm">Format toolbar</a></span><span class="f_Tabletext">. </span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="177" style="width:177px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Apply Image From Clipboard</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="551" style="width:551px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Paste the image held on the clipboard onto the selected element.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="177" style="width:177px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Select Alternate Image</span><br>
<span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">[Ctrl]+[Shift]+[W]</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="551" style="width:551px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Select an alternative image using the <a href="bitmapimagesindiagrams.htm">image manager</a>.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="177" style="width:177px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Hide/Show Name Under Image</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="551" style="width:551px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Hides or redisplays the name label under an element with an alternative image.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="177" style="width:177px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Set Font</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="551" style="width:551px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Change the <a href="set_element_font.htm">font</a> type, size, color and effects for the text in an element.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="177" style="width:177px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Show Labels</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="551" style="width:551px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Reveal any hidden labels on the element.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="177" style="width:177px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Copy Appearance to Painter</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="551" style="width:551px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Copy the default element appearance (set using the</span><span class="f_MenuKeyField"> Default Appearance</span><span class="f_Tabletext"> option, above) to the painter. You then paste the default appearance using the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Paste Appearance</span><span class="f_Tabletext"> option on the </span><span class="f_UIControl"><a href="diagramtoolbar.htm">Diagram toolbar</a></span><span class="f_Tabletext">.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="177" style="width:177px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Copy Image to Clipboard</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="551" style="width:551px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Copy the element image to the clipboard.</span></p>
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<td width="952" bgcolor="#f7f7ff" style="width:952px; background-color:#f7f7ff;"><p class="p_TiporNoteText"><span class="f_TiporNoteText">Not all menu options shown here are present on all element context menus. Context menus vary slightly between element types. The </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Alternate Image</span><span class="f_TiporNoteText"> option won't display for a Lifeline element, for example.</span></p>
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